Sections of OVRT Closed Next Week for Resurfacing

Press Release - Lanark County

Sections of the Ottawa Valley Recreation Trail (OVRT) will be closed intermittently between July 18 and 21 to allow for resurfacing work.

Public Works Manager Sean Derouin explained Lanark County has retained Arnott Brothers Construction to add new stone dust to the trail surface north of Almonte, from the McPhail Side Road to Ridge Road, and north of Blakeney, from Panmure Road to Needham Side Road.

Sections of the trail will be closed between concession roads to accommodate the work throughout the week.

The OVRT stretches from Sturgess Road (in Montague Township just north of Smiths Falls) to Arnprior and beyond is part of the former CP Rail line. It is a transportation corridor for pedestrians, cyclists, four-wheelers and snowmobilers. In Lanark County, this multi-purpose, year-round trail connects Carleton Place, Almonte and Pakenham.

Learn more at https://www.lanarkcounty.ca/en/roads-trails-and-transit/recreational-trails.aspx.